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Not wanting to spoil Mother’s Day Sunday for everyone, I saved this until today. Had a good day for the most part. But there was this one section of the day that was really real and to say less than … Continue reading →

Dear audience, A poet, I am not. Like not even a little bit. But as I was watching my son eat lunch one day and then again when I cleaned up after him, I felt an undeniable urge to put … Continue reading →

**Article written by Prairie Spectrum parent contributor (and site partner) Kathleen** One Friday mid-morning this past June, I got a call from my son’s school; he was running a fever and I needed to pick him up. I won’t bore … Continue reading →

WTF is a stim?  Many months ago, when I was still really new to this whole my-son-is-autistic thing, I came across many new and exciting and confusing words. Stimming was one of them. Stimming. To stim. A self-regulatory behaviour which … Continue reading →

***”The ‘Okay’ List” was written by Prairie Spectrum Parent (and site partner) Kathleen*** In 2013, my son was diagnosed with Global Developmental Delay, Sensory Processing Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder. The testing process took almost exactly a year so I … Continue reading →

I can’t remember the first time I’d heard about autism. I know it was years before being a parent was even a notion and I know I didn’t pay it much attention or give it much thought. Then I met … Continue reading →

Matters of opinion. Matters of the heart. Matter of time before the hair dye just can’t keep up anymore. This blog follows one prairie mom as she marches to the beats of her children’s drums. Actually, sometimes, it’s more like … Continue reading →